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Polson vs Amul butter: a battle that travelled all the way to Patna
Polson vs Amul butter: a battle that travelled all the way to Patna
All those Biharis in a position to remember the smells and flavours of their breakfasts from the 1950s-60s, may jump at the mention of Polson butter. It may please them to know of a very intimate connection between Pestonji Edulji Dalal, the founder of Polson butter and Patna.
The library at the National Dairy Development Board [NDDB] in Patna still displays a bust of Pestonji, the Parsi businessman from Bombay. The Polson story is also interesting as a pre-history of Amul and how it came to be! This is how it goes:
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